IRA bomb survivor Michael Pederson stabbed himself to death after killing his children

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A father who is thought to have killed his two children before taking his own
life died from stab wounds to the chest, a post-mortem examination has found.

The body of Michael Pedersen, a former soldier who survived the 1982 IRA
bombing of Hyde Park, was found lying alongside those of his two children in
a hamlet near Andover on Sunday night.

Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
Ben, who was seven, and Freya, six, also received stab wounds, although
formal post-mortems were due to be carried out last night.